"To believe in what this island used to be, and what it could be again. A country of unity, of acceptance of its wonders, of hope." In this stunning new series, we meet three very different characters with seemingly nothing in common. Adeluna. The soldier. The politician's daughter. She wants nothing more than freedom from [...]
"Crazy is genetic. It's the house I was born inside. There are no windows, just two locked doors. One door leads to Normal, the other to Insanity. At some point, I will inherit a key, but I don't get to pick which door it unlocks." Life is anything but certain for High School Senior, T. [...]
Ahoy mateys!!! If ever there was a book box that made me shout 'Shiver Me Timbers' with every item revealed, it's the August box from Beacon Book Box. IT'S ALL PIRATES!!! The official theme is Buccaneers & Bandits, but really that translates to all pirates, nothing but pirates, so help me it's pirates! And you [...]
It's that sad time of year when our feelings are all jumbled in a mess of confusion. Summer is ending which means relief from the long, hot days. But, with relief, comes other not so relieving things. Like shorter days, school, much colder weather. The stress of holidays and snow... You get it. We're both [...]
** This review was originally posted on teenreads.com ** "Only the desperate volunteer to become Scela, signing away their bodies and their autonomy to the General Body's command." In her newest release, Emily Skrutskie launches us far into the future where humanity strives to find a habitable planet. A space opera filled with an amazingly [...]
"The knowing of what's coming, the death that creeps up over the town like fate clawing at the door of every shop and home. I can feel it in the air, in the spray of the sea, in the hollow spaces between raindrops. The sisters are coming." Two hundred years ago, the small town of [...]
**This review was originally published at teenreads.com ** "This is what life should be like, he thought. Your heart beating, your skin tingling, your mind bright and alive as you run headlong toward a future. Towards answers. Not death, after death, after death..." In a clever twist on dystopian story telling, Zach Hines shows us [...]
"The four thrones, and their respective queens, sat in a circle around the dial. While the quadrants remained divided, the queens ruled from the same court. Together, yet apart." Keralie Corrington is a thief. And she's definitely a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is honest. He is an upstanding citizen from the most enlightened quadrant. [...]
"If there was something strange in your neighborhood, you could, um, write the Society a letter, and they would promptly send an agent to take care of it." The Lady Janies are back, this time rewriting a bit of Englands history regarding the classic novel, Jane Eyre. This time, Charlotte, (yes, Bronte), is friends with [...]
Alright 2018, you need to seriously slow THE F DOWN!!! I know I say this every month, but I really think this time I misplaced a month or three. They were just there... *sigh* Anyhoo, I suppose I should just proceed with my wrap-up and leave my disbelief over the monumental levels of procrastination that [...]
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